One of the most important reforms carried out by His Majesty The King was the formation of the Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) in 2007 under a Royal Charter. At the time of its formation DHI had total assets of around Nu 51 bn but today that has more than …

Great leaders are not born but are made over time, as history has often shown. In December, 2005 when His Majesty The Fourth King announced His Majesty’s abdication it sent a shockwave throughout Bhutan as people wondered what the future held after decades of strong and dynamic leadership of His …

One of the most important reforms instituted by His Majesty The King was a Land Kidu exercise that not only gave land to the landless and many Bhutanese households but also resolved land issues and considerably enhanced land administration. On 24th September 2007, His Majesty Commanded that, “Land issues must …

Education minister also says no to NC committee proposal to teach History in Dzongkha Prospective employees may already know this, with most job applicants even unable to write a decent application letter in English, but a survey has confirmed that Bhutanese students find English more challenging to learn than Dzongkha. …

According to a senior government source, Bhutan is waiting for the India to exchange around INR 2.5 bn or INR 250 crores of demonetized INR 500 and INR 1000 notes from Bhutan. However, though Bhutan’s Foreign Ministry and its Embassy in Delhi has sent requests to India, the Reserve Bank …

However, many landowners are ready to move court on the issue The Thimphu Thromde in a public notice issued to 104 landowners in Hejo, Thimphu asked them to come forward and collect their government rate cash compensation for their land, which is now meant to be a Diplomatic enclave. The …

The owners of  the five buildings affected by the long term water poisoning of the drinking water to their building and tenants, are not satisfied the with Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) investigation into the issue, saying that the main culprit has been let off. The building owners are Jigme Chogyal, …

In the backdrop of a growing number of regional tourists and vehicles entering Bhutan, the National Council (NC) in its 16th session in December 2015 passed a resolution which among others recommended a host of measures to regulate regional tourism. However, the government of the day was unable to get …

The current government has around 20 months left before the 2018 General Election process starts. Before that, in a major push to bring down youth unemployment the government is planning to hire around 11,000 youths starting from January 2017 till June 2018 in an 18th month period under its ‘Job …

The Bhutan Information Communications and Media Bill (ICM Bill), 2016 has taken a lengthy 237 page ICM Act of 2006 and reduced it down to a more upto date and simpler 78 page ICM Bill by removing many bye-laws and rules in the original Act. The ICM Bill has also …